Expect the unexpected      [Intro x4]   It's kinda hard to keep faith in the things that you do   When everybody turns their back on you      [Verse 1]   Yeah, I know a city that's surrounded by a beautiful beach   The economy boosted by the drugs they move in the street   Water clearer than the crystal sky, blue as the beast   But the people ain't got shoes for they feet or food to eat   So they hurtin' but what's for certain   You can get you some heat   And over beef you laid to rest like you was getting some sleep   Where the little kids get ammunition   You can't get no nutrition   Or any type of suitable living condition, listen   They'll shoot you over that paper   It's just survival, it's human nature   To put you out your misery like euthanasia   Don't let 'em fool you   We ain't different than the youth in Asia   Africa, Europe, it's a small world, we truly neighbors   If they the third world then who the first to get to heaven   I know it's hard but who does God choose   To go through it worst, usually it's his prophets   Ask a cat what really matters nowadays   Usually it's his pockets      [Chorus]   We gotta get back to what really matters   We gotta search our soul to find out what we're after   The more I find my voice the more they try to make it harder   Mom and Dad don't forget to warn your sons and daughters   About the nature of the world today   The nature of the world today   The nature of the world today   The nature of the world today      [Verse 2]   Don't nobody talk no more they all text message   Drivin' and typin', not payin' attention   Missin' they next exit, dependin' on navigation   They never know where they goin'   They stayin' stuck in one spot they not growin'   I'm so over cryin'   Waitin' and hopin'   Playin' the blame game   The game changed   We in a different world like Dwayne Wayne   I'm gettin' high just to maintain   Take my music like a drug and drop the needle in the same vein   I get a rush like I'm tweeking off blow   Except it ain't via the nose it's from deep in my soul   The street slang I be speakin' in code   Kickin' the doors, freakin' the flow til the speakers explode   We in control the people know I speak the truth   The power in my roots is thicker than sour sop   And it's so strongly bustin' out the flowerpot   Family tradition is to tell 'em you love 'em   While your family living from granny and the kitchen   The little man in prison      [Chorus]      [Intro x4]      [Justin]   I'm just trying to get back to what really matters   I'm trying to search my soul to find out what I'm after   But the more I find my voice   The more they try to make it harder   So Mom and Dad don't forget to warn your sons and daughters   About the nature of the world today   The nature of the world today   The nature of the world today   The nature of the world today      [Talib]   Yeah, it's all natural baby   It's how we put it down   Yeah, Brooklyn and Tennessee   You gon' remember me   Yeah, yeah, break it down